Is Vegie Delights Vegie Sausages ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 46 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed vegetarian sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Dase Ingredients (Water), Vegetable Protein 22% (Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Soy), Canola Oil, Starch (processing marker) (Tapioca, Potato), Seasoning (Soy, Salt (processing marker), Vegetable Protein (Maize), Rice Bran Oil (processing marker), Onion, Tomato, Wheat Protein, Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Flavour (ultra-processing marker), Garlic, Sugar (processing marker), Spices, Thickeners (ultra-processing marker) (Guar Gum (ultra-processing marker), Carrageenan Gum), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Potassium Chloride, Rice Flour, Wheat Flour, Vegetable, Yeast Extract (Barley)), Oats, Crumb (Wheat), Minerals (Zinc, Iron), Vitamin (B12), Fermented Rice, Contains (Allergens, Cereals containing Gluten, Soy May Contain)
Additives: E412 Guar gum , E508 Potassium chloride
As written on the pack
Dase Ingredients: Water, Vegetable Protein (22%) (Wheat Gluten. Soy), Canola Oil, Starch (Tapioca, Potato), Seasoning [Soy. Salt, Vegetable Protein (Maize), Rice Bran Oil, Onion, Tomato Powder, Wheat Protein, Maltodextrin, Flavour, Garlic, Sugar. Spices, Thickeners (Guar Gum, Carrageenan Gum), Dextrose. Potassium Chloride, Rice Flour, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Powder. Yeast Extract (Barley)], Oats, Crumb (Wheat), Minerals (Zinc, Iron), Vitamin (B12), Fermented Rice Contains (Allergens): Cereals containing Gluten and Soy May Contain Traces: Peanut
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 84 vegetarian sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 51st. 96% of the vegetarian sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9349174000500, last edited 21 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.